Eight Midstate high school baseball games will be played at Vanderbilt’s Hawkins Field this season. They will be played in Monday doubleheader formats, starting Monday when Pope John Paul II faces Spring Hill at 4 p.m. Overton will play Oakland at 7 p.m. Three future Vanderbilt players will get to play on their home college […]

Paul Townsend has been named football coach at Davidson Academy, following the recent resignation of Bill Alexander to join the staff at Beech. Townsend, 43, had taken the defensive coordinator position under Alexander in June after spending last season as an assistant at Donelson Christian. “When Bill resigned Wednesday, I was named head coach on […]

Longtime Davidson Academy golf and basketball coach Kevin Maggard has been named boys golf coach at Christ Presbyterian Academy. Maggard will replace Steve Wilson, who coached the CPA boys and girls golf teams for the past 17 years. Under Wilson, the Lions won the 2008 Class A/AA title and had three state runner-up finishes (2002, […]

Truth be known, Stacy Swinea’s 502nd career softball victory may have been more meaningful than her 500th. The veteran Davidson Academy coach reached the milestone in the first game of a Monday doubleheader against St. Andrew’s-Sewanee and was recognized in a ceremony prior to the Lady Bears’ Division II-A region game Tuesday against visiting Ezell-Harding. […]

Donelson Christian Academy’s Colin Johnston was named the Offensive Player of the Year on the Division II-A East/Middle All-Region football team. Davidson Academy’s Aubrey Dixon was named Defensive Player of the Year. Coach of the Year – David Meske, Knoxville Webb Most Valuable Player – Caleb Blanche, Knoxville Webb First Team Bryan Berube, Knoxville Webb […]

Teddy Craig, a Davidson Academy assistant the past four years, has been named the baseball coach at Ravenwood. He replaces Chad Kirby, who has left to become the athletic director and baseball coach at Summit. Craig has a 217-106 record in 11 years as a head coach at West Orange (Fla.), East Ridge and Dalton […]

Tony Morton has been named cross country coach at Davidson Academy. His wife, Kris, will be an assistant coach. Morton is a Western Kentucky graduate and has taught and directed theater at Davidson Academy for the past six years. “We are looking forward to the new challenge of getting students involved and taking the cross […]

She’s closing in on 500 career softball coaching victories, but Stacy Swinea knows a thing or two about basketball. Swinea, who has led Davidson Academy to three state championships and three state runner-up finishes on the diamond since taking over the program 18 years ago, is set to take over the Lady Bears’ hardwood squad […]

Davidson Academy running back Justin Williams will return for Friday’s game at Knoxville Webb after missing last week’s 46-6 win over Mt. Juliet Christian due to a sprained ankle. Williams injured his ankle in the fourth quarter of a 17-7 win over Lancaster Christian on Oct. 8. “He could have played if we needed him […]